United Nations Conference on Science and Technology for Development (1979 Vienna):/Preparations

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A Resolution of the General Assembly, under agenda item 70 United Nations Conference on Science and Technology for Development, published in 1979.

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Decides that the United Nations Conference on Science and Technology for Development will be held at Vienna from 20 to 31 August 1979;

Requests the Secretary-General of the Conference to prepare for consideration by the Preparatory Committee at its third session:

An up-to-date draft outline of the programme of action 167 consolidating recommendations put forward by Governments at the national and regional levels by incorporating those which have not yet been included;

( b) A preliminary draft programme of action168 containing, on the basis of an analysis of the information contained in the document mentioned in subparagraph (a) above, a theoretical and conceptual framework and recommendations for concrete measures for

162 See also sect. X.B.4, decision 33/447.

163 Official Records of the General Assembly, Thirty-third Session, Supplement No. 43 (A/33/43 and Corr.1).

164 A/33/298.

165 A/33/303 and Add.1 and 2.

166 Official Records of the General Assembly, Thirty-third Session, Supplement No. 43 (A/33/43 and Corr.I). para. 77.

167 A/33/303/Rev.1 and A/33/303/ Add.1 and 2.

1es A/CONF.81/PC.21.

action at the national, subregional, regional, interregional and international levels covering the items of the agenda of the Conference and, in particular, the development, adaptation, application and transfer of science and technology for development of developing countries, in order to facilitate negotiation and achievement of maximum possible agreement on substantive issues prior to the Conference;

A report on the possible alternatives for the ( c) final structures of the draft programme of action to be submitted to the Conference;169 A synoptic table170 classifying recommenda- ( d) tions into those that are common to all regions, those that are common to some regions and those that are specific to one region, with an indication of their origin;

Requests the Secretary-General of the Conference to submit to the Preparatory Committee at its fourth session a supplement to the report entitled "Overview of activities of organs, organizations and programmes of the United Nations system"171 analysing outputs, gaps and/or overlap of present United Nations activities in the area of science and technology for development as a background document for the consideration of the draft programme of action, bearing in mind the views expressed by the Committee for Programme and Co-ordination at its eighteenth session;172 4.

Urges the Executive Secretary of the Economic Commission for Latin America to submit to the Conference secretariat, as early as possible, the conceptual and action-oriented proposals from the Latin American regional meeting;

Requests the Secretary-General of the Conference to make all efforts to ensure the early availability to Governments, for their timely consideration, of the documents requested in paragraph 2 above prior to the convening of the third session of the Preparatory Committee;

Decides, in view of the time constraints and of the desirability of reaching maximum agreement on substantive issues before the convening of the Conference, that necessary facilities should be provided to enable the Preparatory Committee, if it so decides, to hold a further meeting or to extend the duration of its currently scheduled meetings;

Requests the Secretary-General to ensure that the necessary arrangements, including the requisite financial provisions, are made for the continuation of national, regional and interregional preparations for the Conference, including arrangements for interregional and other meetings in the later stages of the preparatory process for the Conference;

Invites the regional commissions as well as other relevant organs of the United Nations, the specialized agencies and the International Atomic Energy Agency to continue to give full support to the Secretary-General of the Conference in the preparatory work for the Conference;

109 A/CONF.81/PC.25.

110 A/CONF.81/PC.26.

111 A/CONF.81/PC.19 (Part I).

172 Official Records of the General Assembly, Thirty-third Session, Supplement No. 38 (A/33/38), chap. IV, sect. B.

Endorses the decision of the Preparatory Committee at its second session to include Arabic as an official language of the Preparatory Committee.173

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